Johnny Football's Grandfather Was "Cockfighting World Champion in 1983"

With Johnny Manziel’s season winding down and his legend only growing the big publications are starting to profile the freshman sensation and Heisman candidate. The New York Times has a 3-page article on the Heisman hopeful and his colorful family. The article starts with a story about Manziel’s father fighting another kid every day until his grandmother made the two boys fight in the yard to settle their differences. Then they casually drop in this gem.

Yes, John Paul was a Manziel. Like his father, Big Paul, who claims he was the cockfighting world champion in 1983.

And that is the only reference to that in the entire article. I can only assume the New York Times has a handful of writers working on an extended feature about the 1983 Cockfighting World Championships. There is no other reason this was not discussed at length in this article. Now we just wait for that article and one of Manziel’s cousins to show up on Moonshiners. ‘Merica.

Stephen Douglas

Born and raised in Mid-Southern Upstate New York, Stephen holds a master's degree in public communications. Money well spent? I'd say so. These days he jokes about sports on the Internet. Professionally.

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Johnny Football’s Grandfather Was “Cockfighting World Champion in 1983″

now this is what blogs were made for!

http://spartyandfriends.com/ mizerle06 is sarah phillips

The New York Times has a 3-page article on the Heisman hopeful and his colorful family

couldn’t you just view it on a single page instead of having to click each time?

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Kramer…… be careful.

http://twitter.com/TheAlCzervik Al Czervik

/ot

Does anyone know if Jeff Sagarin does an article or blog post about his rankings? Interesting that his BCS formula (ELO_chess) has Alabama #7, but his predictor formula (taking into account scoring margin and predicting success of future games) has them #1. With Oregon being #2. Is he saying that a pure BCS system, in his eyes, would have an undefeated Notre Dame sitting at #3 and out of the championship?

I would love to hear how his algorithms come to that. Better than listening to the ESPN talking heads.

/end ot

http://twitter.com/adamstbear St. Bear

Let’s be honest here. He wasn’t the Cockfighting World Champion, he owned/managed the Cockfighting World Champion.

Unless he strapped razor blades to his feet and got in the ring. If that’s the case, hats off to him.

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couldn’t you just view it on a single page instead of having to click each time?

Quite easily if you click the “single page” icon at the top of the article.

http://www.sportsherniablog.com Tim Ryan

couldn’t you just view it on a single page instead of having to click each time?

If that makes you happier, sure. Also, MikeNYC uses a special web device that allows the user — Mike, in this case — to make any link reader friendly.

http://spartyandfriends.com/ mizerle06 is sarah phillips

couldn’t you just view it on a single page instead of having to click each time?

Quite easily if you click the “single page” icon at the top of the article.

so Steve mislead us then? screw that guy.

http://twitter.com/adamstbear St. Bear

If that makes you happier, sure. Also, MikeNYC uses a special web device that allows the user — Mike, in this case — to make any link reader friendly.

I can’t stand Readibility.

Black Douglas

Yes, John Paul was a Manziel. Like his father, Big Paul, who claims he was the cockfighting world champion in 1983.

Most Texans go to Louisiana for cock fighting.

http://spartyandfriends.com/ mizerle06 is sarah phillips

If that makes you happier, sure. Also, MikeNYC uses a special web device that allows the user — Mike, in this case — to make any link reader friendly.

I’m just saying that it’s not a 3-page article if you (or Barista Mike) can view it on one page.

Black Douglas

/nttawwt

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son, you want a tip on how to handle yourself in a cockfight? first, we gotta see what you got inside ya…so grab those ankles and lemme poke around in there.

/sandusky

ms621

Not much to do in Kerrville.

http://www.majorleaguejerk.com/ spencer096

Not much to do in Kerrville.

readin? aint inta that queer shit. hey! lets git a coupla roosters and see which one dies first.

http://www.sportsherniablog.com Tim Ryan

I’m just saying that it’s not a 3-page article if you (or Barista Mike) can view it on one page.

Steve strikes again?

scripty

Let’s be honest here. He wasn’t the Cockfighting World Champion, he owned/managed the Cockfighting World Champion.

Unless he strapped razor blades to his feet and got in the ring. If that’s the case, hats off to him.

If he was doing the fighting and not the bird, those razor blades would be tied elsewhere, no?

scripty

The ratio of needing to keep your head on a swivel is directly related to the vicousness of said cockfight.

Patrick Division

Coop’s Grandfather Was “Cockfighting World Champion in 1983″

I think that’s where CRM was going with this.

/Too easy.

http://www.majorleaguejerk.com/ spencer096

The ratio of needing to keep your head on a swivel is directly related to the vicousness of said cockfight.

the pen is your hammer. the page, your anvil. wordsmith.

/bongo riff

ms621

readin? aint inta that queer shit. hey! lets git a coupla roosters and see which one dies first.

Yep, that’s about how it goes.

http://www.majorleaguejerk.com/ spencer096

they say coop’s grandpappy could polish a knob better than a can of pledge.

jayhawk88

Let’s be honest here. He wasn’t the Cockfighting World Champion, he owned/managed the Cockfighting World Champion.

Unless he strapped razor blades to his feet and got in the ring. If that’s the case, hats off to him.

Well there’s another way to be a Cockfighting champion, but from what I understand, that competition is traditionally held on Fire Island, not in Texas.